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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Six Degrees of Separation (1993) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Six Degrees of Separation (1993) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993).
About the movie:
Flan and Ouisa Kittredge, rich NYC art dealers, are called on one night by a young man, Paul, who professes to be a friend of their kids' from Harvard...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
Richard Petty
: The King of stock car racing as himself (uncredited).
b.
The inspiration for Paul, David Hampton, died of AIDS on 18 July 2003.
c.
Eric Bana
,
Timothy Olyphant
,
Adrien Brody
,
Josh Lucas
,
James DArcy
and
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
were considered to play Abraham Lincoln. Finally,
Benjamin Walker
was cast.
d.
Richard Dreyfuss
and his brother look a lot alike, which came in handy during filming. When Jack Noah is attempting to make himself up to look like Simms in the meat locker, he is scrutinizing the face of the dead dictator. In this scene, it is Dreyfusss brother playing the part of the corpse.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
All of the cabin scenes were filmed in an area of New Jersey known as the Pine Barrens.
b.
It is believed that
James Woods
was an extra in this film.
c.
J.J. Abrams
, who played Doug, went on to become a writer and producer of several television shows, including one called
Six Degrees
(a reference to the same "small world" theory that is discussed in
Six Degrees of Separation
.
d.
Angie Dickinson
was originally announced for role played by
Dina Merrill
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
During an interview with star
Jennifer Salt
, she was questioned about the meaning of the films strange, open-ended conclusion. Salt admitted that she didnt understand the meaning of the films bizarre conclusion either.
b.
Will Smith
refused to actually kiss
Anthony Michael Hall
just before their kissing scene so a camera trick was used showing only the back of their heads. In an interview, Smith stated that
Denzel Washington
advised him not to kiss a man on-screen for it would harm his career. Smith stated that he regretted not going through with it saying "It was very immature on my part."
c.
Adrian
, fashion designer for MGMs fabled leading ladies, unveiled the
Joan Crawford
soon-to-be-signature padded-shoulders look in this picture.
d.
Many scenes in the film are actually one continuous shot. The scene where Cole is visiting the gentlemans club during the song "Love For Sale" is a good example. The scene is supposed to be representing three different times where Cole was in the club. Most of the dancers are costume personnel who would perform costume changes on other actors and themselves and then walk back into the shot. Even the singer changes hair pieces and earrings in this shot.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
When Paul (
Will Smith
) is talking about his thesis, he mocks the Lord of the Rings books. Geoffrey, who is listening to him, is played by Ian McKellan, who almost a decade later played Gandolf in the Lord of the Rings films.
b.
The films original title was, "The Secret World War".
c.
James Merendino
: The director appears quickly as one of the punks in the "Explanation of Fight" slide show, and as the character "Freaky Deaky" at the party at Chris house.
d.
Hermes, the Messeneger, is shown during the ending of the film playing the keyboard.
Paul Shaffer
, who provides the voice for Hermes, plays the keyboard as his primary instrument on the
Late Show with David Letterman
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
Doug (
J.J. Abrams
), when looking through the yearbook with the other college children, exclaims "theres
Greg Grunberg
!, a reference to Abrams childhood friend whom he often casts in his own projects.
b.
The television control room shown early in the film is the same control room set seen extensively in
The China Syndrome
.
c.
The aliens were originally scripted as having feminine builds and movements, thus the movements of tall, thin, female actors were used as models for CGI tests and some shots ("Brazilian Video"). However, it was decided that female bodies did not convey a threatening enough posture for the creatures, and a male CGI stand-in ended up being used in the final scene with Morgan as well as on the rooftop.
d.
Antony Hoffman
s feature film debut.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
The working title for the American version before the "King of Monsters" was added was "Godzilla, the Sea Monster".
b.
Meryl Streep
was interested in playing the lead because she liked the play and she worked with
Fred Schepisi
on
Plenty
.
c.
Star/Director
Kenneth Branagh
first encountered the full length version of the play while performing in the 1992 BBC Radio production of the play with co-stars
Derek Jacobi
and
Richard Briers
(who would reprise their roles as Claudius and Polonius respectively in the film). This radio performance anticipated the winter 1992 full text production of Hamlet by the Royal Shakespeare company - the one that would finally crystallize Branaghs interpretation of the character and lead to the film.
d.
FBI Director Denton Voyles also appeared in the
John Grisham
adaptation
The Firm
, in which he was played by
Steven Hill
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
Financed by
Roger Corman
in exchange for
Ron Howard
appearing in
Eat My Dust
.
b.
When Paul is listing some of his "fathers" movies, he mentions
Lilies of the Field
, which had its music composed by
Jerry Goldsmith
who also wrote the music for this movie.
c.
The sorority Alpha Omega Pi is actually based on UC Berkeleys Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. The writer lived next door to their house when he went to college there.
d.
Based on two books by author Scott Shaw.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
Project was presented at the 2008 Tribeca All Access.
b.
Catherine Kellner
was cast after she answered an ad for an open casting call for what she thought was a movie directed by the Coen Brothers.
c.
Although it appears that the cast spend most of the time wandering up and down endless spaceship corridors, in reality there were only two built for the film.
d.
One of five body-swap movies all released around the same time. The others were
Big
,
18 Again!
,
Vice Versa
and
Dream a Little Dream
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
David Prowse
s Darth Vader mask had to be padded with foam because it was much too large to fit over his face properly.
b.
The film was shot almost entirely at co-director
Greg Strause
s condo building adjacent to Marina Del Rey (but technically located in the city limits of Venice, Los Angeles).
c.
The house in which Julien and his family live is, in reality, the home of
Joyce Korine
, the directors grandmother, who also plays Juliens grandmother in the film.
d.
The original Broadway production of "Six Degrees of Separation" opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on November 8, 1990, ran for 485 performances and was nominated for the 1991 Tony Award for Best Play.
Stockard Channing
reprises her role in the movie while her fellow Broadway stage actors
Kelly Bishop
,
John Cunningham
and
Sam Stoneburner
have cameo roles. Stockard Channing was nominated for the 1991 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
John Guare
wrote both the stage play and the screenplay for the movie adaptation.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)?
a.
While filming the climatic scene in the barn when the creature chases Bret (
Kevin L. Powers
), director
Ron McLellen
, suited up as the Jack OLantern monster, jumped off a haystack, landed on the camera, and knocked himself unconscious briefly.
b.
Michael Mann
: disowned the TV version aired by NBC. Mann offered to restore seventeen of the cut minutes, NBC decided to instead cut 40 minutes of the film out in order to fit a 3-hour TV time-slot - Mann said, "You can call it a Michael Smithee or an Alan Mann movie."
c.
Kitty Carlisle
s last film.
d.
Charles Durning
is one of the survivors of the Malmedy Massacre depicted early in the film.
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